Lead Finance Business Partner APAC

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Why this role is important to us:

The Finance Business Partner ensures financial insight and transparency within the APAC market unit. This individual will also interpret business decisions into financial results and engage with the senior management teams of this unit using financial and business insights.

In addition to enhancing overall financial insight and transparency for the APAC market unit, the Finance Business Partner will support the global team with capacity modeling, follow-ups, reporting, and other relevant tasks for the professional services division.

The business partner will also take initiatives on reducing complexity, establishing effective financial processes, and further develop our key financial deliverables, including the budget, forecast and monthly management report. In this context, the Finance Business Partner will collaborate closely with the MU and global FP&A team to implement these initiatives.

The Finance Business Partner has direct and regular interaction with senior business stakeholders.

What you will be responsible for:

• Act as a senior financial analyst and trusted advisor to the senior management team
• Present the management report to the MU SMT with analysis and insight on variances to budget
• Support the sales organization in the shaping of deals and understanding the profitability of our offers to clients
• Drive financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and the monthly management report
• Ensure the financial forecast remains in line with the business outlook
• Ensure MU processes are in place to timely and effectively perform forecasting & budgeting
• Assist the global team with managing the professional services APAC division including:
• Ensuring a correct and updated view on capacity requirements
• Following up on professional services KPI and reporting elements for the unit
• Other ad hoc financial analysis and reporting for the APAC professional services unit
• Perform value adding financial analysis to identify business opportunities
• Drive development of financial transparency as well as financial analysis and insights
• Drive and/or contribute to finance- and business initiatives and projects
• Drive and/or contribute to the development and optimization of financial- and business processes and the use of financial applications, including our new ERP system Workday
• Perform ad-hoc business partnering and controlling tasks

What We Value:

• Solid stakeholder management skills
• At least 5+ years of experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and providing financial business support
• A structured and analytical mindset with a self-starter attitude
• The capability to perform effectively both solo and within a team setting
• Effective collaboration and communication skills, bridging finance and business
• An impressive drive and the skill to effectively manage competing interests of various stakeholders in a changing global atmosphere
• An academic degree in management or finance
• Fluency in spoken and written English

Other Requirements

• Flexible between APAC and EMEA shift hours
• Hybrid working arrangement (2x a week in office)

Benefits:

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid workplace model. Simcorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.

On top of that, we have IP sprints where you have 3 weeks per quarter you can spend on developing your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is never just only one route - we practice a personalized approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

Next Step:

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

For any questions you are welcome to contact xxx, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, at email address. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

Who We Are:

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

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